Health and Fitness
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To fidget spin or not to fidget spin?Sep 17, 2017 7:30 am - Some light up. Some play music. All spin in a mesmerizing way. But do fidget spinners - the kid craze of 2017 - have health benefits, or are they a health hazard? Some r...
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Heat provides extra challenge for Fox Valley Marathon runnersSep 17, 2017 1:00 am - Each of the thousands of participants in the Fox Valley Marathon on Sunday had their own reasons for competing. Some hoped to qualify for the Boston Marathon next spring...
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How to make a morning workout routine a reality
Sep 16, 2017 11:00 pm - How to make that early exercise routine a reality
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Exercise & autism: Learning to surf helped save my son
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Looking at the link between hip fractures and rate of deathSep 16, 2017 7:30 am - Q: I know of several older women who have died within a year after a hip fracture. But why? Is this due to a cause and effect of a bone fracture, or something else entir...
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Acupuncture may help with seasonal allergiesSep 16, 2017 7:30 am - We are heading into the allergy season for late summer and early fall. Ragweed and a number of different molds are significantly contributing to the symptoms that many ...
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Alden Des Plaines opens new state-of-the-art ventilator unitSep 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Alden Des Plaines Short-Term Rehabilitation Center recently opened a Ventilator Unit. The 13-bed post-acute unit is one of the few such units offered in the Northwest s...
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Program encourages women to get mammogramsSep 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Susan G. Komen Chicago has set a bold goal of helping reduce breast cancer deaths by 50 percent in the U.S. by 2026. In an effort to reach this momentous goal, one initi...
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Free health fair being held Saturday at Naperville mosqueSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - Community United Methodist Church and the Islamic Center of Naperville are joining together to offer a free community health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. ...
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Lake County hikes minimum age to buy cigarettesSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Starting Jan. 1, you will need to be 21 to purchase tobacco products in unincorporated Lake County. The Lake County Board approved changes to its tobacco ordinance Tues...